I have used this activity to encourage the individual students that I tutor to use descriptive language in their writing. The frame asks the student to write a simile for snowflakes which they can then use to create a metaphor. I found that the activity supports the student in understanding and using both similes and metaphors. Once the poem frame is completed the student selects the best similes and metaphors to create their own poem. The activity includes examples of similes and the corresponding metaphor. T his activity can be completed as an independent and group activity.

I created this resource to support a student in writing about texts. It has proven to be a useful tool for the student to not recognise different features but also to write about their thoughts in a more structured way. The student now has a copy of this resource to refer to at home.

I created this resource to support an individual student who is Year 7, It enabled the student to recall the difference between multiples and factors, how to find prime factors, as well as revising the terms LCM and HCF. The activity could be used for independent learning and group learning.

One of my students asked me this question. In response I created an information text and asked the student to create their own comprehension-style questions and include the answers.

This resource was created for one of my students to support them in learning the multiplication tables including the division . The resource consists of the template for you to use for a specific table. some students enjoy writing the facts down for themselves. A full set of triangles is included for the twelve times table. Triangles can be tied together in sequence or out of sequence.

I used this frame to discuss the themes of Romeo and Juliet with an individual student I tutor. It helped her organise her thoughts, ideas and quotations.

A framework to support students in writing a character description of Romeo and Juliet. I designed this activity for an individual student to support them in making notes and organising their thoughts and ideas about the characters. The framework could be adapted for any fictional character.

Match the words of Shakespeare to their modern meanings or play the memory game. Complete the challenge of writing sentences using the words of Shakespeare.

I created this activity for an individual student to complete using their weekly spelling. The student enjoyed the activity as it was a way of learning the words in a more enjoyable, focused way then just copying them out. This activity could also be used as an independent or group learning activity.

The activity can be used as a group activity as well as independent individual learning activity. It can be used with a specific spelling or vocabulary list. The student is asked to define the word, find a synonym, an antonym and to use the word in a sentence. It also encourages the student to think about suffixes that could be used with the word.

A planning frame to help students organise their story. it reminds them to use their sense when writing about settings and to think about FAST (feelings, actions, speech and thoughts) when describing a character.

An activity to support children learn words from a given spelling list

A reading and poetry writing activity created for a student who is not a confident writer. A frame to help students create a poem is included. This resource could also be used as a guided reading text and activity.

I created this resource for one of my individual students who was studying The Titanic as a class project and wanted to know more. He used two copies of the titanic template to create a ‘lift the flap’ information board based on his independent research. He used the writing prompt ‘Survivor’ to write a personal account of the sinking of the Titanic. The writing prompt also includes a useful strategy to encourage students to independently edit and develop their writing.

A resource to give students a quick practice at rounding decimals. I have used it when I have followed up on previous learning to check that the students has understood how to round decimals.

I created this resource to support a reluctant writer to write with detailed. The student has wonderful ideas when we discuss writing stories and descriptions but frequently does not include these ideas when writing. The prompt encourages the students to quickly build a bank of words, identify the theme for each paragraphs. After writing there is also a prompt to edit and develop their work. I have also used this prompt with a student preparing for GCSE.

Based on a blank multiplication square the student multiplies Roman Numerals e.g; X multplied by III= XXX An answer grid is included so the student can self mark.

This prompt was to support students in writing in detail about the effect of words or phrase can have on the reader. It includes a short writing task.

I designed this activity for a student who was not a confident spelling however, it could be used with confident students as a group or independent activity. It is focused on the Pied Piper of Hamelin as the student was learning about evacuees in World War 2 and we came upon the fact that the code name for the Evacuation was Pied Piper.

A writing frame that aims to support students in developing the skill of writing from the point of view of another.